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Snorri · 1st December 2007, 09:36 PM

Just finished this last night. It was my second CM book, first being 'King Rat'.

It was very vivid, good colorful images.

I had a real problem though around page 300 ppbk, when action really started to rise. It seemed like various threads of plot were stepped away from for far too long (Isaac & Lin) and new characters were introduced willy nilly. (The merc gang etc.) And while scoring high on a 'cool' chart, didn't do enough for me since we spent so long being introduced to 'Saac and co.

Isaac wasn't much of a protagonist, he needed (and inexplicably received) a lot from other people.

The ending was alright, I'm glad there was a re-visitation / closure on the yag & lin story arcs, just think they could have come sooner, or maybe we could have seen more of them placed throughout the story.

1st December 2007, 09:36 PM	#75 (permalink)
Snorri Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 6	Re: Perdido Street Station Just finished this last night. It was my second CM book, first being 'King Rat'. It was very vivid, good colorful images. I had a real problem though around page 300 ppbk, when action really started to rise. It seemed like various threads of plot were stepped away from for far too long (Isaac & Lin) and new characters were introduced willy nilly. (The merc gang etc.) And while scoring high on a 'cool' chart, didn't do enough for me since we spent so long being introduced to 'Saac and co. Isaac wasn't much of a protagonist, he needed (and inexplicably received) a lot from other people. The ending was alright, I'm glad there was a re-visitation / closure on the yag & lin story arcs, just think they could have come sooner, or maybe we could have seen more of them placed throughout the story.